Arrangement for supporting curtains, draperies and the like



April 1968 I G. J. F. HARD AF SEGERSTAD 3,380,111

ARRANGEMENT FOR SUPPORTING CURTAINS, DRAPERIES AND THE LIKE.

Filed May 20, 1966 FIG! United States Patent 3,380,111 ARRANGEMENT FOR SUPPORTING CURTAINS, DRAPERIES AND THE LIKE Goran Jakob Fredrik Hard at Segerstad, Sigtuna, Sweden, assignor to Peer Granebro AB, a Swedish joint-stock company Filed May 20, 1966, Ser. No. 551,615 Claims priority, application Sweden, May 24, 1965, 6,737/ 65 2 Claims. (CI. 16-94) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE In combination: a bracket arrangement having stems projecting therefrom to carry curtain boards and curtain boards with holes therethrough to receive said stems. The curtain boards having a substantially rectangular cross section with at least one T-shaped groove but preferably two T-shaped grooves with the base of each T-shaped groove opening to opposite sides of each curtain board.

When hanging up curtains and the like, e.g. in front of Windows, some functional and aesthetical requirements, such as movability, shading of light, possibility of obtaining appealing draping and hang of the cloth, are to be considered.

The present invention relates to a system which by means of a few simple, cheap and light standard components provides a flexibility which solves the above complex of problems.

The principle of the invention resides therein that a board having longitudinal, rotation-symmetrically arranged grooves with substantially T-shaped cross-section, through bores in the ends of the board is placed upon and supported by stems projecting from brackets secured to the wall. Since it is possible, when need arises, to place several parallel boards upon the stems of the brackets, a plurality of curtains may be draped behind each other by being secured to individual pluralities of T-shaped slide members introduced into the respective T-grooves from the ends of the board.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated, diagrammatically and as non-limiting example on the annexed drawing.

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a bracket which forms a combination element of a system according to the invention.

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of one end of a curtain board which constitutes the other combination element of the system according to the invention.

FIGURE 3 is a cross section through the system according to the invention.

FIGURE 4 illustrates a curtain set which is supported by a system according to the invention.

FIGURE 1 illustrates a bracket which comprises a tube or stem 1, e.g. of brass, which is secured to a plate 2, e.g. of brass, which can be secured to a wall, e.g. by means of screws passing through holes 3. The length of the tube may be varied in accordance with the actual requirements.

FIGURE 2 illustrates the curtain board with the T- shaped grooves 5 and the through, suitably circular hole 6, through which the tube 1 is placed for supporting the board, preferably at each end thereof.

FIGURE 3 illustrates in cross section a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which a curtain board 4 is fixed against a Wall over and together with the ice brass plate 2 of the respective bracket, by screws passing through the board and the plate, and another similar board 4a which is, however, rotated through around the longitudinal central axis of the board is thread upon the stems 1 of the bracket only until the free ends of the stems are flush with the outside of the board 4a. The illustration also discloses how the curtains are arranged by means of the three easily accessible T-grooves. Next to the wall there is shown a blackout curtain 9, then a short inside curtain 10 for hiding the upper portion of the window which is generally disfiguring, and finally the main curtain or over-drape 11 which, of course, may easily be folded in around the end portions of the front board 4a towards the wall and may be fixed to the inside curtain board 4 by means of small nails or the like.

FIGURE 4 is a front view of the arrangement with the main curtains 11 drawn apart, so that the board 4a becomes visible between the upper portions of the curtains. This board, particularly the surface thereof, may in such instances have had its surface artistically treated to serve as a decorative element.

The embodiments described above and illustrated on the drawings are, of course, to be regarded merely as non-limiting examples. The main curtains 11 may e.g. be attached in the groove of the short lace or inside curtain 10 and vice versa, so that the curtain board 4a is hidden. This curtain board may in this instance be simpler and cheaper than in the former case.

What I claim is:

1. Arrangement for slidably supporting curtains, draperies and the like, characterized by the combination of a number of longitudinal wooden curtain boards which have a substantially rectangular cross section and are provided with two grooves with a substantially T- shaped cross section which are adapted to receive freely movable slider elements and are substantially rotationsymmetrically arranged in the two opposite principal surfaces of the rectangular curtain board, and, with, two through holes which are each located near a respective one of the two opposite ends of the curtain board, with a pair of carrying brackets, each comprising a plate provided with holes for screws to be screwed into a wall, and a stem which projects from said plate and has substantially the same cross section as the through holes of the curtain board and upon which a number of curtain boards may be placed with arbitrary mutual distances and with their through holes in frictional engagement with the respective stems.

2. Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that a plurality of curtain boards are placed upon the stems of a pair of brackets, and in that the innermost curtain board is located close to the bracket plates and secured together therewith to a wall by means of screws common to the curtain board and the respective bracket plate.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3/1910 Chamberlin 248-263 7/1951 Fridolph 1687.4

FOREIGN PATENTS 539,899 12/1931 Germany. 

